Paula

I am making a claim on a finite topic: the words contained in the Bible. I have examined it all and found it devoid of proof for your position. Therefore my claim is not groundless but established. If you claim it is false, then you are making the assertion that proof exists. It is therefore your case to make. Far from “just saying that”, I’m challenging you to back up your own assertion. Can you do that?

It is your counter-claim that is germane to your argument. That is, you claim proof exists so you must show it. So far you’ve only asserted the conclusion in the premise. Your interpretation of 1 Tim. 2:13-14 is not a proof but an opinion, the one under debate. And it is circular: you presume Paul appeals to the OT as a matter of authority and then read that presumption back into the text. The egal argument is that Paul appeals to it as a matter of deception, which fits perfectly into the context.